The Watch - Homeland Defense

U.S. Northern Command and Rhode Island National Guard officials, along with representatives from the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies, exchanged ideas about military justice and professional ethics with Royal Bahamas Defence Force members in September 2024. ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENCE FORCE THE WATCH STAFF Officials with U.S. Northern…

Barents Euro-Arctic Council regional council members met in October 2023 to inaugurate new Chairman Markus Hirvonen of Finland. The future of the 30-year-old…

Relations between Norway and Russia have become strained after repeated sabotage incidents that have been linked to Russia. The latest incidents occurred in the…

Royal Marines and U.S. Coast Guardsmen deploy from the HMS Trent in August 2024 to interdict a drug smuggling boat south of the Dominican Republic. THE ROYAL…

Five Russian LNG tankers, similar to the one pictured, have been deregistered and now operate as a shadow fleet trying to evade sanctions levied after Russia’s…

U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks about Russian propaganda activities at the state television network, RT, in September 2024.…

Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, middle right, sits across from Russian President Vladimir Putin during talks in Beijing in February 2022…

The Mexican Navy (SEMAR) opened a new naval base in the state of Nayarit on Mexico’s central Pacific coast in September 2024. SEMAR THE WATCH STAFF The…

Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos has battled illegal trafficking in the southern approaches to the U.S. since 1982. Recent operations have uncovered…